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Carriage   /kˈærɪdʒ/  /kˈɛrədʒ/   Listen
noun
Carriage  n.  
1.
That which is carried; burden; baggage. (Obs.) "David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage." "And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem."
2.
The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying. "Nine days employed in carriage."
3.
The price or expense of carrying.
4.
That which carries of conveys, as:
(a)
A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort.
(b)
A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage.
(c)
A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part.
(d)
A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage.
5.
The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners. "His gallant carriage all the rest did grace."
6.
The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management. "The passage and whole carriage of this action."
Carriage horse, a horse kept for drawing a carriage.
Carriage porch (Arch.), a canopy or roofed pavilion covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It is intended as a shelter for those who alight from vehicles at the door; sometimes erroneously called in the United States porte-cochère.





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"Carriage" Quotes from Famous Books



... simple pastor. Well, I regard it as a huge and lamentable mistake that he should ever have changed his course; and the motive that made him do it was a bad one, only disguised as an angel of light. Instead of being the stoker of the train, he is now a distinguished passenger in a first-class carriage." ...
— The Thread of Gold • Arthur Christopher Benson
... dessert, Uncle Em!" said Gloria. She was helped back to the carriage, and then they drove through streets with trees bright in their September dress. At last Gloria bowed her head and pressed her fingers over ...
— Gloria and Treeless Street • Annie Hamilton Donnell
... had its effect even upon Lucy. The carriage which he brought to drive them to Isar-anen was scaly with age, but the crest upon it was the noblest in Bavaria; in the cabinet of portraits of ancient beauties in the royal palace he showed her indifferently two or three of his aunts and grandmothers, and in the historical ...
— Frances Waldeaux • Rebecca Harding Davis
... off Amelia once more in a carriage to her mamma, with strict orders and carte blanche to the two ladies to purchase everything requisite for a lady of Mrs. George Osborne's fashion, who was going on a foreign tour. They had but one day to complete the outfit, and it may be imagined that their business therefore occupied them ...
— Vanity Fair • William Makepeace Thackeray
... timber, six or eight feet in length, and four or five in breadth, into which are inserted a number of stakes about, four feet in length. This frame-work being covered and floored with raw hides, the carriage is complete. The carreta which we met was drawn by two yokes of oxen, driven by an Indian vaquero, mounted on a horse. In the rear were two caballeros, riding fine spirited horses, with gaudy trappings. They were dressed in steeple-crowned ...
— What I Saw in California • Edwin Bryant


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